Internet users‚ we need to implement certain ethics. For more on the ethical issues of Internet privacy‚ read on... Privacy is a status wherein an individual can work on his/her information in seclusion‚ resulting in a selective revelation of one’s identity and information. Privacy can mean anonymity in case a person wants to remain unidentified. Privacy can also be related to the security aspect of an individual or information. The definitions of privacy can differ across individuals and cultures.
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e-commerce‚ the sale of goods over the internet‚ has boosted online sales‚ especially products like books‚ CDs and computer products; it has also raised important new ethical challenges. These challenges revolve around four main issues: security‚ privacy‚ identity and transaction non-refutability. There is no doubt that a new ethical dilemma has arisen and these authors propose two universal principles that must be upheld by internet commerce. The first ethical challenge of internet commerce is security
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) refers to information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity‚ either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. 1 PII can include but is not limited to; a full name‚ an address‚ a home‚ office or mobile telephone numbers‚ an email address‚ a social security number or other form of national ID number‚ an Internet Protocol address or a fingerprint or other
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII)‚ is information about a person that uniquely identifies an individual‚ such information includes; an individual’s name‚ social security number‚ biometric records‚ medical records‚ financial information‚ passports‚ date and place of birth‚ educational information‚ employment information‚ (Radack‚ 2010) and parental information (for example: mother’s maiden name.) (GSA‚ 2015) (Rouse‚ 2014) The examples of PII listed above is what is known as sensitive personally
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References: Bureau of Consumer Protection‚ (2012). Medical Identity Theft: FAQs for Health Care Providers and Health Plans [PDF]. Retrieved from http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus75-medical-identity-theft-faq-health-care-health-plan Federal Trade Commission Privacy Impact Assessment. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/03/1103bcplitigationsupportsystem.pdf Physicians
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Administrative Ethics Melissa Johnson HCA/335 September 17‚ 2012 Ann Nevers Administrative Ethics Patient privacy in any medical facility is not only a right‚ but a law which was passed by the United States congress in 1996. The law provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for Americans when the change or lose their jobs‚ reduces healthcare fraud and abuse‚ mandates industry wide standards for health care information on electronic billing‚ and requires confidential
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1.0 Introduction There are four parts of cybercrime attack that got to be discussed in this assignment. These included Distributed Denial of Services‚ identity theft‚ social engineering and man-in-the middle attack. A topic that will be covered is type of vulnerability‚ type of attack‚ the impact of those attack and protection mechanism used to prevent attacks to happen. 2.0 Distributed Denial of Services (DDOS) 2.1 Type of Vulnerability The first vulnerability that will cause hackers to infect
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environment‚ both physical and logical. Different types of unauthorized access are conducted by different groups of individuals for different purposes. One good example of breach is the TJX data theft that happened sometime in mid-2005 and on subsequent dates from mid-May 2006 to mid-January 2007. The TJX data theft is considered as the largest case of intrusion of data to occur to date. According to the article‚ the data stolen by hackers were at least 45 million credit and debit cards numbers from its
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your name‚ physical address‚ social security number‚ date of birth‚ 2 forms of identification such as a bill and a paystub‚ and your PIN # that was given to you when you initiated the freeze. 10 Things You Can Do Today To Help Prevent Identify Theft 1. Check Your Credit Reports: You are entitled to one free credit report per year from Equifax‚ TransUnion‚ Experian‚ and Innovis. Access your free credit reports here. Check to see if any lines of credit or bank accounts were opened in your name without
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In today’s digital world‚ most Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly
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